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A man was shot and killed Thursday morning in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, police said.

No arrests have been made after a man was shot and killed Thursday morning outside a home in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood, authorities said.

Police have arrested two men in connection to an overnight shooting in Dorchester Saturday. Atunbi Bryan, 27, of Brockton and Michael Warner, 34, of Hyde Park were arrested around 8:30 a.m. Saturday in the area of 15 Talbot Avenue.

One person died and three others were injured in four separate shootings overnight in Dorchester, Boston police confirm. The fatal shooting happened around 3:40 a.m. on Westview Way, which was blocked off for several hours as police investigated on scene. The victim, who has not been identified, was taken to a local hospital with life-threatening injuries and later died.

A violent night in Boston resulted in at least three people hospitalized following two shootings overnight. Police responded to a double shooting early Tuesday in Dorchester, according to authorities.

A good Samaritan is being hailed a hero for saving a three-pound dog who was found near death inside a trash bin in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood two weeks ago. The three-pound Yorkie, now named “Oscar”, was “deliberately thrown away like trash” on Blue Hill Avenue on May 21. He was matted, dirty, and very thin when veterinarians at MSPCA’s Angell...

A good Samaritan is being hailed a hero for saving a three-pound dog who was found near death inside a trash bin in Boston’s Dorchester neighborhood two weeks ago. The three-pound Yorkie, now named “Oscar”, was “deliberately thrown away like trash” on Blue Hill Avenue on May 21. He was matted, dirty, and very thin when veterinarians at MSPCA’s Angell...

Authorities have identified the woman who was found dead in a Mattapan neighborhood following a hit-and-run on Thursday. Boston police are investigating the death of Brenda Lee Keller, 57, of Boston, who was found dead near the intersection of Fottler Road and Hiawatha Road. Police received a call of an unconscious woman at about 3:20 p.m. and responded to the scene.

Boston Police have confirmed the death of one person after an accident early Sunday morning in Mattapan. According to police, the accident occurred around 1:29 a.m. near the intersection of Fairway Street and Blue Hill Avenue in Boston’s Mattapan neighborhood.

Authorities in Boston are at the scene of a stabbing in the city’s Dorchester neighborhood. Police say it happened Monday morning on Blue Hill Avenue. The male stabbing victim’s current condition is unknown at this time.

Yma Arrington has lived on Woodbine Street in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood for almost 30 years. She’s seen snow before and said she and her neighbors shovel their walks, both in front of their properties and for their neighbors when needed. “That’s how we do,” Arrington said. She said one neighbor across the street from her, though, doesn’t. The utility Eversource...

More than a dozen people were displaced following a 3-alarm fire at a Roxbury multi-family home. The overnight blaze was first reported at approximately 12:45 a.m. Wednesday at a home on Dewey Street, according to the Boston Fire Department. The fire was so severe, it caused damage to the outside of a nearby home on Blue Hill Avenue.

A man died after being stabbed late Saturday night in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood, Boston police say. Officers responded around 9:57 p.m. for an unknown medical emergency in the area of 49 Blue Hill Avenue in Roxbury. On arrival, police found a man suffering from apparent stab wounds. He was pronounced dead on scene.

by Marc Hurwitz

As the 10th anniversary of the fatal stabbing of 16-year-old Devonte Franklin approaches, MBTA transit police officers are renewing their promise to find answers surrounding the teen’s death. On Dec. 31, 2008, Franklin was stabbed multiple times while riding an MBTA bus near Blue Hill Avenue and Harvard Street in Dorchester, Massachusetts.

One man has died in a shooting that occurred early Friday morning in Boston’s Roxbury neighborhood.

Boston police arrested a man they say was carrying a handgun with 24 live rounds of ammunition on an illegal gun possession charge Monday. The Boston Globe has reported that Dedrick served a lengthy prison sentence for shooting two state troopers in 1988.

One person has died after being shot Saturday night in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Boston police responded around 8:30 p.m. to the area of 575 Blue Hill Avenue for reports of a shooting. The victim, a man in his 20s, was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced dead.

Police charged two men in gun-related charges during separate arrests in the city this weekend. In total, officers took possession of three firearms from the two suspects, according to police. No injuries were reported but one of the arrests ended after a physical confrontation, police said.

The Boston Police Department is pleading for the public’s help in identifying a man who is a person of interest related to a shooting in Mattapan.